Charles Cimicky - Shiraz Barossa Valley Reserve 2005 (750ml) Pet Nat both red and black currant

both red and black currant

That’s not a bad thing – it’s just the winery’s ‘secret Chardonnay

The wine’s rich

Generous layers of fruit are balanced by a firm minerally backbone with hints of briny oyster shell and flint with a zippy finish

along with grace notes of cedar

Charles Cimicky - Shiraz Barossa Valley Reserve 2005 (750ml) Pet Nat both red and black currantCritical Acclaim 95 points Wine Advocate "Remarkably, the 2005 Shiraz Reserve is even better than the Autograph. It spent 14 months in new oak, 60% French and 40% American. It, too, coats the glass with a thick purple film. Purple black, it gives up a splendid perfume of cedar, Asian spices, pepper, violets, bacon, blueberry, and blackberry. On the palate the wine is dense and plush, admirably combining elegance and power. There are gobs of sweet blue